In every generation there is a Chosen One, a television show so epic, so marvellous that it seeps into your very conscious. It cannot be replaced. But maybe there are some books that can fill the Buffy shaped hole in your life…
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It’s hard to believe that the usually-stellar Buffy the Vampire Slayer experienced a duff episode, but let me tell you: look hard enough, and there be monsters (and not just the fanged-type). I’ve put together my own bottom 5, and unfairly many of these fall within the boundaries of the fourth season, which does have some brilliant episodes of its own, but is generally considered to be the weakest.
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There’s a reason we have a Giles keyring and why we’re furious there’s no Giles Pop! Vinyl figure. It’s because Giles is awesome. We love it when characters act against tweedy type, and Rupert Giles has certainly had his fair share of surprising moments.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer is now 19-years-old. Does that make you feel old? Does that make you feel like you’re alone in a cave with nothing to keep you company but a Gnarl demon slowly eating you piece by piece? Do you need a present?
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer finished over 10 years ago, but I still think about the impact the show had on me. You wouldn’t think that a 30-something-year-old librarian would have much in common with any of the Scoobies, but we do share some life parallels. We all do. Even though Buff lived on a Hellmouth and lost her virginity to a vampire, it’s amazing just how much the show taught us about real life.
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The spice will be flowing in Hodderscape HQ next week when we publish our 50th anniversary edition of Frank Herbert’s Dune. But in the absence of melange, we’re tiptoeing over the line of good taste and picking out our favourite fictional drugs.
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I walked into work today, thinking that it would be just like any other day. I was wrong. Today was the day that I discovered Far Left Buffy , a Facebook page dedicated to providing ‘A left wing interpretation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘. Before I leave to join the revolution, here are a few things I learnt:
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